Header-frame and feed-spout connection



June 16, 1925.

G. H. HARRIS HEADER FRAME AND FEED SPOUT CONNECTION Filed June 16, 1925 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Geo??? H. flazqwls BY Qwiabmw ATTORNEY INVENTOR. fIZHar-rs ETTORNEY June 16, 1925 1,542,126

G. H. HARRIS Y HEADER FRAME AND FEED SPOUT CONNECTION Flled June 16, 192.3 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Gear 6 Patented June 16, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

Tenonenn. HARRIS, or STOCKTON, oAmronmA.

HEADER-FRAME AND FEED-snout: CONNECTION.

{Application filed June 16, 1923. Serial in); 645,742,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at StOCkt011,'COuIlt"0f San J oaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Header-Frame and Feed-Spout Connections; and I do declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the charactersof reference markedthereon, which form a part ofthis application.

This invention relates to improvements in side-hill harvesters, and particularly to the means employed in connecting the header frame to the thresher.

In all such harvesters as now "constructed, as far as I amaware, the header frames are attached "tothe thresher insuch a manner that whenithe header is working on side-hills at which time it is of course at an angle to' thethresher, the said spout of w the headeris thrown into the feed-house into which it discharges to such an extent that its upper, end is sometimes moved directly againstthe back of'the feed-house, andtends sometimes to not only break the back of the sa'mebut in any event causes the grain discharged from the spout to pile up and pack in the feed-house, necessitating that it be manually dislodged in order to enable the operation of the thresher to therefore is to so connect the header frame to the thresher that. irrespective of the change of angle of the header to the thresher the point of connection of the feed-spout with the feed-house will remain practically constant at all times, and will never approach the back of the feed-house to such an extent as to interfere with the ready discharge of the product from the spout, such as is necessary for the efiicient operation of the thresher as a whole.

A further object ofthe invention isto produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be'exceedingly effective for the purposes for which itisdesigned.

These objects I accomplish by meansof such structure and relative arrangement of parts aswill fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 1s a fragmentary VIEW of the thresher and headenframe and. parts immediately adjacent thereto, showing the normal position of the header-frame and spout when the former is in horizontal plane.

a Fig. 2 e is a similar view showing-the header-frame operating on a side-hill, and

consequently at an angle to the thresher.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the

numeral 1 denotes in general the frame work of the thresher on which is. mounted a feed-house 2, having the usual opening at its forward end and facing to one side of the thresher and a rail 3 along the lower edge 'of'said opening. 1 i r Thelieader of the thresher has the usual rigid frame 4: on" which is pivoted at its lower end the usual feed-spout 5 which rests adjacent its upper endon the rail 3 at all times. J

Between the header-frame and the thresher frame is the usualwheel-supported swing frame 6 mounted on the header frame and arranged as'usual to be raised and lowered when necessary to maintain the thresherin' a constant horizontal plane, irrespective of the slope of the ground on which it may be working.

i My improved means of connection between the header-frame and the thresher consists of a rigid bar or rod 7 pivoted at its lower end in horizontal alinement with the pivotal connection of the spout with theheader-frame as at 8,the upper end of said rod being pivoted in vertical alinement with the rail 3and but a short distance therebelow as at 9, the point 9 being at all times above the point 8., a

'The header-frame 4 is supported from the ground at its outer end by means of the usual wheel 4; and is supported at its inner end from the swing-frame and maintained in substantially parallel alinement withthe ground at all times by means of g a rigid beam 10, having on one end a ball connection 11 withtheswing-frame and beslidably mounted on the-header-frame in 4 by means of bearings 12 on the latter. This construction is particularly described in my co-pendingapplication on improve ments in header construction, Serial No. 651481, filed July 14-, 1923.

In operation, when the ,thresheris workingon; level. ground *the point of beaning'of the spout 5 with the rail 8 of course remains undisturbed at all times. WVhen operating on side-hills, however, the thre'shr proper remains in its original horizontal alinqment by suitable manipulation of the swingfranies, while the header-frame .moves to maintain parallel alinement with the slope of the h ill,,.,so ..,that its, angle relative, ,to, the thresher is altered. The peculiarconnection the header w,ith the swing-frame by means of, the rheamlO, while supportingthe said ,ffran1e parallel ,to, the ground, at .all times, enablesjthe; frameto move ,away, from the thresher and swing-frame. as theheaderframe is raised at an angle relative to. the ,threshenasshown inlligure 2. .This moving away, of theheader-irame takes place positively by. reason of .the connection; ,of the rod ,7: therewith. @This is because the saizdvrod slopes ,down from ,itsiupper, to :its ,lower end an d -=therefore as .the header=tramerraises, said lower endot the .rod will .ofcoursetbe raised likewise .butimovingi in an ,arc whose center is at the upper end of the rod 17, the .lower end willof course move ,away from the swing-frame and lithresher, taking the header-frame withflit.

The resultot thisarrangement'is that the spout, while "tending tounove laterally, into the iteed house as the l-ieadereframe ;i-s rais.ed, is pret'ented from so doing by reason ofthe tact that the =headerdrame moves away from the thresherwhileit is raising, and since-the spout :is attached tothe. header-frame it ,also naturally moves. away from the feed-ihouse ,to an extent which almost, if not -.en tirel-y, counteraets its moving-intendency.

From tile-foregoing description it will .be readily seen thatsI t hav-e prodneedsuch a device as substantial-1y fulfills the objects of theinvention asset forth herein.

.Yhile this speeificationesets forth in de tail the :present .and preferred ,construction ot'Vt-he-device,--still iiipractice such deviations from such aletail anay the resorted to as do not .torm a departure from the spirit of theoinvention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described mylinvention :what

secureby Letters-Patent is:

'1. .In side-hill eharvester iconstruction, .a thresher ,having :a :feed ihouse --mounted thereon, iSZllCl feedshous'e haviingflan opening facing to one side of thethresher and f a r-ai l along the lowersedge of said opening, a headenframe s-fiexa'bly v mounted [at "one .-end on the thresher-lfor swinging movement :rela tine-thereto in a vertical-plane, ai-feed-spout pivoted at one end -ofthe header-frame and resting-rat the other end onvthecrail Dirt ht?- feed-house, and means whereby the header frame will move laterally of the thresher with any phange of angular setting of said {frame relative to the thresher,

2. In side-hill harvester construction, a thresher having afeed house mounted thereon, said feed-house having an opening facingtoone side of the thresher and a rail along the lower edge of said opening, a ,headeritrameflexibly mounted at one end on the thresher for swinging movement relative thereto in a vertical plane, a feed-spout pivoted at one end-on theheader-frame.and restingmt theother .end on the rail of the feed-house,saidrlatter end being at a higher glevelthan the former, and a rigid rod pivioted at one-end on ,theuthresher under and .elose to the r-ail, v-and. at the'other-endon the ,hezuler-frame .in alinement with the :pivotal .connecti on. of the ,Jt'eed-spout therewith.

3. In sideshil-l harvester construction, a thresher (having a deed house mounted thereon, said teed-house having an opening ;-i"aein;g .toaone side of the thresher and a rail along the IQVQIHQdKQrOf said opening a ,headerrtrame (flexibly anounted atone end on the thresher for swinging movement relativeethereto in a vertical plane a feedspout pivoted at-one -end on the header- .lrame and-resting at-itheiother [end on the railsotthe-teed-house, amemher pivoted at one-end on the thresherunder and close-to the rail, andat-theiotherend on the headertrame in alinement withthe pivotal conned tion-otthe EQQd'IS1JOIIt therewith, and additional meanseonneeting the header frame to thethresher in a'man-nerto cause the frame tobe supported'paralleltto the ground while enabling itto-move laterally of-the thresher iwiith'the change-of lateral plane of the lower end'of'the rod dueto the swinging thereof about [its upper pivot. 7

4-. In side-hill harvester construction, a thresher havinga feei'lrhouse mounted there- ,on.;said-feed-house having air-opening tacing to one side of the 'thresher anda rail along the flower :edge of said opening, a headei traineflexibly mounted at one end on the tlwesher "For swinging -movement relative thereto in a vertical plane, a feedspout pivoted .at one end on the headerframe and restingat the-otheriend on the rail ofthe 'teeddaouse, a member pivoted at one end-on'the-thresher underand close to tlieuzail, and atthe other-end on the=hea ler- "frame inralinement with the pivotal-connectionojtnthe teed-spout therewith, a swing- TEVH'IHE anounted on that side of-thethresher from :YhlCh? theheader fral'ne: projects and between saiddrame and thresh er, an d a zhori- "d"har= -flexibly iconnectedito the swing ame and .slidablyv mounted on, the header frame.

Iniestimonywhereof; Laffix lily-signature.

Gr-EORG-E H. H RRI ltll) 

